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Here are a few of our security products:
CCTV Systems Covert Surveillance Systems Access Control Systems Intrusion Detection Systems ID Badging Systems Visitor Management Systems Intercom & Emergency Communication Local and Wide Area Networks Integrated Security Systems Integration of Electronic & IT Security

CCTV Systems:

Closed Circuit Television systems are used to view and record activity both inside and outside of local and remote facilities. Visible cameras can also act as a deterrent to crime or unauthorized activity.
Current technology provides cameras that are able to record high-quality images in just about any type of lighting.
High-capacity digital video recording systems eliminate the drawbacks of previous tape-based recording systems. For example, you can view just-recorded video without interrupting the recording process, something you cant do with non-digital VHS cassette recorders. Digital video systems also provide password-protected network access to live and recorded video for computer workstations. Multiple operators can simultaneously view different portions of recorded video.
Alarm-based video recording initiates recording when an alarm or other signal is received. For example, cameras at building entry and exit doors can be activated by motion detectors or by smart video recording systems that can detect motion. This eliminates recording many hours of "dead time", and speeds the review of video since only actual activity is recorded.
Advanced technologies are also available, such as facial recognition, subject tracking, public area video image display ("Have you seen this person?") and transmission to printers and security officer hand-held display devices.

Covert Surveillance Systems:

A special use of CCTV systems is for covert surveillance. Employee theft, for example, is a situation that can require covert surveillance to solve. Covert CCTV surveillance systems often involve special circumstances beyond typical loss-prevention applications. We have special expertise in implementing covert surveillance systems.
Our experience and outstanding success record with covert surveillance have provided us with some excellent customer references - and it may be helpful for you to discuss your situation with them.
We will provide references that you may contact for confirmation of our successes with customers whose needs were similar to your own.

Access Control Systems:

Access Control systems control the flow of people and vehicles both in and out of secured areas. Access control used to be simple keypads or card readers at entrances into facilities or at doors where only authorized personnel were allowed. Today, there are technologies available to solve access control issues at a single door or across your entire enterprise. Our solutions can include everything from self-contained reader locks to complex control systems using smart cards and biometrics.

API's ability to listen and understand your requirements combined with our high level of technology expertise will deliver the most cost-effective and secure solution for even the most complex situation.

Which technology to use depends upon cost and convenience factors as well as how sophisticated or capable you want your security management scheme to be.

Intrusion Detection Systems:

Often called "alarm systems", these systems detect unauthorized entry into secured areas, and are often integrated with access control and CCTV systems to coordinate effective response and gather important information for apprehension and prosecution. A wide variety of devices are available to detect different methods of intrusion, such as glass break sensors, fence and gate monitor systems, indoor and outdoor motion detectors and basic door position sensors. API has many years of experience in turning what used to be thought of as a "burglar alarm" into an integral part of client's overall access control and security scheme.

ID Badging Systems:

Identification of employees, contractors, visitors and vendors is an essential part of a good security program. We can provide a computer-based system for capturing high-quality video camera photos, and designing and printing ID badges. ID badging is usually integrated with an access control system, so that the photo ID badge is also an access control card.

API has extensive experience in providing badging systems for a wide range of customers, including ultra-secure government facilities and mult-site, multi-discipline commercial and industrial organizations.

We know how to design and set up the photo area to eliminate common problems that result in weak or poor photo images. We can also help you identify and address the procedural and operational issues involved in implementing an ID badging system.

Visitor Management Systems:

Visitor management systems help you to handle visitors (such as customers, business partners, suppliers, service personnel and contractors) in a professional manner, and enable you to track and control visitors within your facility. Employees can register visitors in advance, giving your reception personnel the ability to greet people by name and also print their visitor badges in advance.

When a receptionist checks a visitor in, an email can be automatically sent to the employee announcing the visitors arrival. This speeds visitor processing, which otherwise can bog down waiting for employees to verify visitors and provide visitor information. These and other features eliminate visitor backlogs at reception, and increase receptionist productivity.

Intercom & Emergency Communication :

Intercom systems provide a means for people to communicate from various locations throughout a facility to a central control center. For example, if someone has forgotten an access card, the individual could contact a security officer via the intercom system request entry. Intercom systems can also include CCTV cameras at the intercom stations, so that control center personnel can perform visual verification of the callers identity.

Emergency communication systems provide a means for individuals to signal an emergency situation to a central or remote monitoring location. The emergency situation may include duress (i.e. someone is forcing the individual by threat), personal danger, panic, health threat, etc. The communication back to the monitoring location could be hidden so as not to alert a perpetrator or it could be intentionally obvious (sirens, flashing lights, pre-recorded warning messages) so as to scare the perpetrator away. These systems can be wall-mounted boxes or installed in aesthetically pleasing towers located appropriately throughout the facility (parking lots, garages, basements, etc.). They can also include devices that can be carried in pocket or purse to signal an alarm. Emergency communication stations can include an intercom station with CCTV cameras for observation and recording.

Local and Wide Area Networks:

We were one of the first companies to design and install fiber optic security networks (1985), and to utilize them in large multiple-site corporate security systems. We install and service wired, wireless and fiber optic networks. The use of a client's business applications network for security or networked CCTV applications may not always be appropriate and careful analysis of availability, accessibility and capacity is required. Our expertise in both security and data networking provide important guidance in meeting a customer's objectives.

Integrated Security Systems:

In an integrated system all the security system components (such as Access Control, Intrusion Detection, CCTV, and ID Badging) work together as a single system. They share a common database, and also share common display and alarm notification methods.

Most importantly, an integrated security system brings the exact functionality that you need to your fingertips, so that the system readily supports the security needs of your organization and its security personnel.

Integration of Electronic and IT Security:

We can integrate appropriate electronic security systems (such as Access Control and ID Badging) with IT security, so that an event that occurs in one can trigger an action in the other. For example, when an employee is terminated, the electronic security system can invalidate the person's ID badge, cancel building access privileges, AND terminate his or her login accounts on the corporate network.